I'lii; siioi; I -w I \i;i:i) scA\i:\(;i':i; iiKi"ri.i:s. Mu) 



son (268G). MKCAi.ors ui iins Loo.. X. Si)or. N. Amcr. Col.. I. 18<>:'., r.1. 



Resembles (■(ihiliis. VAyU-.\ each willi a small red siiot on Immnus 

 and aiuiUier al tlic inner ai>ical aii^le. Head and thorax i)imetate as in 

 cohttits: (he thorax w ilh two impi-essioiis (>ach sid(\ Klytra imicli smootlier, 

 the disk Willi two ai«i>rc\ lalrd rows of coarse deep p\inctni-es. Length :'. mm. 



Kilox Coiiiity; rare. June D. One speeinieii fi'oin beneath l)ark 

 at ed^e oV cypress swamp. DesefilxHl ffoni Geoi-ji'ia. 



I..\XII. I'.i,i:nn-s 1-eacli. is:r_'. (\ pi-opcM- name.) 



hlldiioalc. slender. snl»i*\ lindfical species liavino' the tarsi :{- 

 jointed: head sniallci' and narniwei' than tliorax. base scarcely con- 

 stricted: middle coxa' con titiU oils : front tibia- with two rows of fine 

 s{)ines on ont(M" side. The o'enns is a \-ery lai-ue one, a.nd the species 

 e\;eedino|y difiicidt to sepai'ate. The ureat majority of the North 

 .\iiiiM'ican species o!' this and the other uern'ra of Oxytelini are 

 I reated in t he l^yllowiiio' papers : 



L(('(iiil, . — "On certain (ienera of Stai)hylinida'. as i-e])i'esented 

 in the Fauna of the Tinted Slates.'" in Trans. Amcr. Ent. 

 Soe.. VI. 1877, 2l:?-248. 

 Cast'jj. — "Coleopterologieal Notices." iv Ann. N. Y. Aead. Sci., 



V. 1889, 41-89; VII, 381-398. 

 LeOonte divides the speeies into five oi-oni)S. four of whicli are 

 probably represented in Indiana. 



KEY TO INDIANA GROUPS OF BLEDILS. 



(/. Thorax without an edge on sides or prosterual sutures henealh. 



Grou]! 1. 

 ltd. Thorax with the edge on sides well defined. 

 h. rrosternal sutures distinct. 



c. Fissure at side of front coxal cavities short, closed. Group />. 



cr. Fissure of front coxal cavil ies open and large, extending two- 

 thirds the <listaiiee fi-om the coxa to the side. Group (\ 

 hh. Frosteiaial sutures oliliterated : lissures of front coxal cavities short, 

 closed: hind angles of thorax obtuse. (inaip /'. 



(Jiioue .v. 



IJallr'r lai'oj' bi-owiiish yellow s|)ecie^. not shinino. limdy ,oi-;ni- 

 nbite. not stroiiuly pnin-tiired. Thorax l)i-oader than loiiijr. truncate 

 in front, sides parallel, suddenly and strouiily inirrowed from 

 middle to base; hind augk^s wantino-, disk with a distinct median 

 line. Twi) of tlie seven species recoo-nized l).v FicConte have been 

 taken in Illinois and doubtless occur in Indiana. They are: 



/>. fiiildris Lee. 7.0 nun. in hMio'th. ]iavin<j: the head, suture. diaii'o- 

 nal tip of el\tra and last two abdominal seo'ineuts l)lackish ; <2,'ula 



lao— 2:U02] 



